English-Thai Dictionary

proclivity

N แนวโน้ม  ความปรารถนา  inclination desire tendency antipathy disinclination neo-nom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROCLIVITY

n.[L. proclivitas, proclivis; pro and clivus, a cliff. ] 1. Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency.
The sensitive appetite may engender a proclivity to steal, but not a necessity to steal.
2. Readiness; facility of learning.
He had such a dexterous proclivity, that his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROCLIVITY

Pro *cliv "i *ty, n. Etym: [L. proclivitas: cf. F. proclivité.]

 

1. Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency. "A proclivity to steal. " Abp. Bramhall.

 

2. Readiness; facility; aptitude. He had such a dexterous proclivity as his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness. Sir H. Wotton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

proclivity

pro cliv i ty |prōˈklivətē, prə -prəˈklɪvədi | ▶noun ( pl. proclivities ) a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing: a proclivity for hard work. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin proclivitas, from proclivis ‘inclined, ’ from pro- ‘forward, down ’ + clivus ‘slope. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

proclivity

proclivity |prəˈklɪvɪti | ▶noun ( pl. proclivities ) a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing: a proclivity for hard work. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin proclivitas, from proclivis ‘inclined ’, from pro- ‘forward, down ’ + clivus ‘slope ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

proclivity

proclivity noun his sexual proclivities are none of your business: inclination, tendency, leaning, disposition, proneness, propensity, bent, bias, penchant, predisposition; predilection, partiality, liking, preference, taste, fondness, weakness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

proclivity

proclivity noun his sexual proclivities are none of your business: liking, inclination, tendency, leaning, disposition, propensity, bent, bias, penchant, predisposition, predilection, partiality, preference, taste, fondness, weakness, proneness; rare velleity.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

proclivity

pro cliv i ty /proʊklɪ́vəti /名詞 複 -ties C ｟かたく ｠【特に悪いことに対する 】嗜好 （しこう ）, 傾向, 性癖 «for , to , towards » (→tendency ).